How did the Peloponnesian War Happen? - Athens Faces Sparta (431-404 BC)

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  • How did the Peloponnesian War Happen? - Athens Faces Sparta (431-404 BC)
    Sparta and Athens. Names recognizable across the globe. They were once the powerhouses of Ancient Greece, and it was the quarrel between these two entities, particularly that so stunningly brought about the end of the Golden Age for Greece. So what was it that pitted the mighty Athens against the steamrolling Spartans? How did these all-powerful city-states cause so much damage to an entire region?...
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Komentáře • 345

  • @georgiosdem8443
    @georgiosdem8443 Před rokem +396

    On March 12, 1996 the Mayor of Athens and the Mayor of Sparta signed a symbolic peace trety 2500 years after the end of the Peloponnesian war.

    • @zenosama9989
      @zenosama9989 Před rokem +28

      nooooooi! I want war Coz this is sparta!!

    • @troydodson9641
      @troydodson9641 Před rokem +1

      Them libtards who live outside the walls, wantin peace with them commie spartans! What's next, a king of our own?
      This is a joke

    • @extremistterrorist
      @extremistterrorist Před rokem +8

      ​@@zenosama9989 MADNESS 😠!!!

    • @zenosama9989
      @zenosama9989 Před rokem +5

      @@extremistterrorist sparta will never make peace! this is how we live! attackkkkkk!!!!!!

    • @wperfect
      @wperfect Před rokem +4

      Spartans never surrender

  • @samwill7259
    @samwill7259 Před rokem +287

    The map of the Peloponnesian League always makes me laugh
    Argos just sitting there like "Maybe if we don't move neither of them will see us."

    • @ExcessCongruence
      @ExcessCongruence Před rokem +27

      Stealth: 100

    • @ariftarqunia
      @ariftarqunia Před rokem +5

      Anatolian History
      Hittities
      Lydians
      Trojans 1200 Bc 🇮🇹🇹🇷
      Etruscans 800 700 Bc 🇹🇷
      And Greeks From Balkanic origin 🇬🇷
      My Teacher Say This

    • @ariftarqunia
      @ariftarqunia Před rokem +2

      Anatolian History
      Hittities
      Lydians
      Trojans 1200 Bc 🇮🇹🇹🇷
      Etruscans 800 700 Bc 🇹🇷
      And Greeks From Balkanic origin 🇬🇷
      My Teacher Say This

    • @GarkKahn
      @GarkKahn Před rokem +13

      I imagine one random city-state wondering around, finding argos and saying "damn, i totally forgot about these guys here"

    • @jonrivers7779
      @jonrivers7779 Před rokem +10

      Argos hated Sparta and was the only group that could match them in a land battle. They also weren't keen on the Delian league. Its fair to say everyone treated Argos like 'we will carry on and leave you well alone'

  • @mariosathens1
    @mariosathens1 Před rokem +83

    If you read the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides you will understand that almost nothing has changed when it comes to wars, diplomacy, bilateral relations, coalitions etc. Especially the diplomatic letters reveal dialogues, arguments, accusations etc between city-states that you often listen to in the modern era between rival countries.

    • @zuckerberg6884
      @zuckerberg6884 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Realist scholars always say that the nature of international relations can never be changed. it always revolves around national interest

    • @seyedsmousavi400
      @seyedsmousavi400 Před 11 měsíci +2

      Yes the more I know about history the more I see we haven't changed at all

    • @zlobaplays
      @zlobaplays Před 9 měsíci

      Humanity haven't changed at all indeed. Money, wealth and power, is what always will fuel conflicts between people of different countries, beliefs, religions, even neighbours. A prime example of that is the capitalistic system we're living in. It has it's wars inside between corporations and also outside towards other economic and social systems. It's a neverending circle

  • @josephstalin331
    @josephstalin331 Před rokem +53

    As an Athenian, I feel honored that you covered this essential part of my countrys history.
    Civil wars really weakened Greece in old and modern timeline.
    Great work, you are excellent at presentations.

    • @Pol-Pot
      @Pol-Pot Před rokem +4

      No that's really Stalin bro.We hang out in Cambodia all the time.Trying to get a little bit of privacy, you know? All the great dictat...err I mean World leaders come to my resort

  • @Broskisunited
    @Broskisunited Před rokem +36

    Finally more context about the Peloponnesian war, I was curious about it when I played AC Odyessy.

    • @Leo-ok3uj
      @Leo-ok3uj Před rokem +3

      I would recommend History with Cy if you wish a even more in deep look to it

  • @OptimusMaximusNero
    @OptimusMaximusNero Před rokem +68

    11:30
    Philip II after conquering Greece: "What a magnificent day for my kingdom. This has undoubtedly been the greatest of all my warlike feats!"
    Alexander the Great: "Absolutely, father. History will never know another King whose reign ended with such a memorable conquest."
    Philip II: "YEAH...What?"

  • @ptlemon1101
    @ptlemon1101 Před rokem +100

    The Golden Age of Greece wasn't over. In fact, it was only the beginning - the Hellenistic Period was about to start

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    • @msicvbes4977
      @msicvbes4977 Před rokem +22

      Yeah that's what I thought. It was in Hellenistic times when Greek culture had reached the furthest, influencing all of the territories that had existed under Alexander's rule.

    • @ainzsama5101
      @ainzsama5101 Před rokem +29

      @@msicvbes4977 I think he meant the golden age of the greek city states

    • @msicvbes4977
      @msicvbes4977 Před rokem +3

      @@ainzsama5101 Yeah that makes sense too

    • @trentfila6186
      @trentfila6186 Před rokem

      The golden age started after the greek Persian war then the peloponnesian war started.

  • @Nomadicenjoyer31
    @Nomadicenjoyer31 Před rokem +119

    Some generations later, the Athenian general and notoriously difficult histori ographer Thucydides (second half of the fifth century BC) went a little further still by trying to make sense of the different Greek dialects and to characterize their interrelationships. He reported, for instance, on a case of dialect mixture on Sicily (Historiae 6.5.1). The inhabitants of the city of Himera spoke, Thucydides claimed, a variety that occupied a middle ground between Chalcidian lonic and Doric, an assertion for which there is, by the way, no historical evidence (Vassallo 2005: 89). The Athenian historian also mentioned that the Greek spoken by the Aetolians was not understood by other Greeks (Historiae 3.94.5), thus apparently proving that not all varieties of Greek were mutually intelligible.

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 Před rokem +20

      That's why koine greek was invented 😉

    • @Nomadicenjoyer31
      @Nomadicenjoyer31 Před rokem +2

      @@wankawanka3053
      👀
      👄

    • @Harib_Al-Saq
      @Harib_Al-Saq Před rokem +17

      When Alexander ordered Cleitus the black to be arrested he reportedly shouted the orders in a Macedonian dialect so the other Greeks wouldn't understand.

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      @Harib_Al-Saq Před rokem +12

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  • @sipahihan1
    @sipahihan1 Před rokem +54

    As a historian i can add, Syracuse was colonized by Corinth, They had very close ties with their motherpolis.
    After Peloponnesos war there were many unemployed mercenary hoplits and bands. Around 10.000 of them march to overthrow Persian king and replace Cyrus the young. Yet they failed to do so. After that, they march back from the Persia to Hellas.
    Fun fact is, Alexander the great was impressed by this event became an inspiration to conquer Persia.

    • @karl-dimitriosherler5405
      @karl-dimitriosherler5405 Před rokem +7

      I am honestly surprised why Hollywood hasn’t used the story of those 10000 men and their advance (and retreat) from Persia for a movie. It’s an unbelievable story

    • @most_wanted_gsxr4221
      @most_wanted_gsxr4221 Před rokem +4

      “Anabasis” of Xenophon

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 Před rokem

      ​@@karl-dimitriosherler5405 Agreed

  • @michelm5072
    @michelm5072 Před rokem +15

    this war deserves a series

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      @caddygiveaway Před rokem +1

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    • @hernanreipp3321
      @hernanreipp3321 Před rokem

      I agree. This conflict have a lot of interesting people from ancient greek.

  • @kapoo606
    @kapoo606 Před rokem +5

    As a person from Greece that was studying recently in history class about the Peloponnesian war i am thankful for you making this :)

  • @fionnmoules7620
    @fionnmoules7620 Před rokem +13

    You upload this while I’m doing my second play through of assassins creed odyssey nice

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      @fionnmoules7620 Před rokem +6

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  • @Sp-zj5hw
    @Sp-zj5hw Před rokem +9

    During the time of the Peloponnesian War the Greek Heart was beating in Greece Proper and Magna Grecia. After Alexander the Greek center moved to Asia Minor and Anatolia and it remained there until 1453. Greece Proper was considered an abandonded, desolate wild west during the medieval Basileia of Rhomaion.

  • @lakingsgeek
    @lakingsgeek Před rokem +2

    Finally, a good, concise history of the Peloponnesian War that uses maps and simple animations to great effect instead of generic, distracting artwork as filler. I finally have a good basic grasp of the conflict that will help me understand the much more detailed book I'm about to read. Thank you for understanding that visual aids, when done right, can greatly enhance the viewer's understanding of complex subjects.

  • @nestormakepontos9700
    @nestormakepontos9700 Před rokem +9

    I like how the Power shifted in ancient Greece from Athens to Sparta and Sparta to Makedonia. The 3 most powerful Greek empires

    • @jonrivers7779
      @jonrivers7779 Před rokem +1

      Sparta actually lost it to Thebes First, who you have to feel sorry for. They finally have their moment to shine over Athens and Sparta and Noone can match them - then Alexander the great immediately marches down, burns the city and crucifies its residents.

    • @most_wanted_gsxr4221
      @most_wanted_gsxr4221 Před rokem +2

      @@jonrivers7779 They shined actually…Pelopidas and Epaminodas were the two generals who’s names are still not forgotten. Don’t forget that Philip II was raised in Thebes and learned their war tactics .From the Theban phalanx the Macedonian phalanx emerged and developed.

    • @andrejaandreja303
      @andrejaandreja303 Před rokem +1

      😂

    • @most_wanted_gsxr4221
      @most_wanted_gsxr4221 Před rokem +1

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    • @rtwmoder
      @rtwmoder Před rokem

      3greek empire's lol

  • @bethmontiel
    @bethmontiel Před 3 měsíci

    your videos are so pleasant to watch, the aesthetic, everything is so elegant, love your videos

  • @fabionwilson6992
    @fabionwilson6992 Před rokem +2

    Great job!

  • @macconchradha5324
    @macconchradha5324 Před rokem +13

    Can't believe he forgot about kasandra

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    •  Před rokem

      Malaka

    • @cristobalsapiain2709
      @cristobalsapiain2709 Před rokem +2

      And the dudes with masks

  • @jnort95
    @jnort95 Před 11 měsíci

    Great Video!

  • @mariosathens1
    @mariosathens1 Před rokem +4

    We can call it a "World war" since it dragged into conflict the entire Greek World with several city-states participating.
    But it paved the way for the Hellenistic Kingdom of Macedonia to become the Hegemon of Greeks after the Athenian, Spartan and Theban Hegemony something which lead to the Persian campaign and the expansion of the Greek World to Asia.

  • @BalkansMike
    @BalkansMike Před rokem +5

    During Peloponnesian War:
    *All Of Greece Fights*
    Macedonia: popcorn 🍿

    • @most_wanted_gsxr4221
      @most_wanted_gsxr4221 Před rokem

      They actually were involved too. They were first allies with Athens than with Sparta and lastly again with Athens 😅.

    • @Manchevo
      @Manchevo Před rokem +1

      It's because they (Macedonia) were considered barbaros (barbarians) and non kinsman (foreigners) to the Greeks.
      Even after the Peloponnesian wars and at the time of the Greco Persian wars, Herodotus (the so called father of ancient history) spoke of Thessaly being "the first Greek land to fall under Persian rule." Do remember that the kingdom of Macedonia was allied to the Persians at the time.

    • @most_wanted_gsxr4221
      @most_wanted_gsxr4221 Před rokem +3

      @@Manchevo Macedonians were never called Barbarians 🤣 only Demosthenes called Philip barbarian but this was a direct insult ( Demosthenes had also labelled barbarian an Athenian statesman ). But let’s see what Demosthenes thought about the Macedonian ethnicity. Demosthenes : "No one of the GREEK kings went to Egypt except Alexander alone [...] So Alexander was the first of the GREEKS to take Egypt, and so became the first both of Greeks and of barbarians " ( Callisthenes Alexanders Romance book 2 Chapter 4). How can Philip be barbarian but his son being Greek? 😂 Herodotus two times call the Macedonians as having Doric Greek origin and blood (1.56-8.43), he also called countless of times the Macedonian kings as Greek “Now that the men of this family are GREEKS , sprung from Perdiccas” 8.43 Perdiccas was the first Macedonian king (or the third if we start from Caranus) , in case you didn’t know. Thucydides never called Macedonians barbarians this is out of your imagination again, he instead separated them from the barbarians “ The Macedonians and the barbarian crowd took fight..” Thucydides 4.125 🤣why he separated the Macedonians from barbarians if Macedonians were barbarians ( according to you )…Anyways there is not a single piece of evidence Neither by Herodotus nor Thucydides claim/naming the Macedonians as barbarians this is your lies
      (I have read both Herodotus and Thucydides but you probably haven’t)….wake wake it’s time for school🤣

  • @hikodzu
    @hikodzu Před rokem +4

    Seeing city states fighting each other is like watching ants fight 🗿

  • @tbnralextbnr4273
    @tbnralextbnr4273 Před rokem +1

    Back with a banger

  • @agimfigura1046
    @agimfigura1046 Před rokem +3

    It’s very interesting how the map shows exactly where Greece was and where it belongs today.

  • @miliba
    @miliba Před rokem +8

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      @miliba Před rokem +2

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  • @jimmyfaulkner1855
    @jimmyfaulkner1855 Před rokem +2

    I have recently been reading Thucydides’ classic work “History of the Peloponnesian War.” I can understand why this has been a classic for so long and helps illuminate the historical events that took place and is also useful when it comes to political philosophy and political theory. I am new to this work though and there was one passage that really stuck out to me. It is from the fourth book, chapter 50:
    “The next winter, Aristides, the son of Archippus, one of the commanders of a fleet which the Athenians had sent out to gather tribute from their confederates, apprehended Artaphernes, a Persian, in the town of Eion upon the river Strymon, going from the king to Lacedaemon. When he was brought to Athens, the Athenians translated his letters out of the Assyrian language into Greek and read them; wherein, amongst many other things that were written to the Lacedaemonians, the principal was this: that he knew not what they meant, for many ambassadors came, but they spake not the same thing; if therefore they had anything to say certain, they should send somebody to him with this Persian. The Athenians afterwards sent back Artaphernes in a galley to Ephesus, and ambassadors with him, who heard there of the death of King Artaxerxes, son of Xerxes, which took place about that time, and so returned home.” - Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 4.50
    This passage sounds very fascinating, but I do not fully understand since I am not fully aware or knowledgable about the exact historical content and historical context behind it. I was therefore wondering what is the significance of this passage from Thucydides? Thanks.

    • @hernanreipp3321
      @hernanreipp3321 Před rokem

      Hi, very interesting question and chapter from Thucydides. I am not precisely and scholar about ancient Greece, but what Thucydides try to explain here is how very dinamic and volatile was the political background in the know world of that time (the Greek Cities in war, the change of ruler in the Achaemenid Empire who have internal conflict between the royal family's members).
      Both leagues want, in some way, the support of their old enemy tho have the balance of power in their favour. So they send ambassador and diplomats to the next persian ruler to obtain is favour (mostly resources and gold) for their side, while at the same time try to convince him not support the other one.
      In few words: International politics from the Ancient Age.
      I hope this help you.

  • @DianaKazimiera-
    @DianaKazimiera- Před rokem

    🤔 fantastic depiction the conflict and battlefields...
    Great respect 🕊️

  • @brunolima7402
    @brunolima7402 Před rokem +7

    Spartans, the Gigachads of the ancient world. Thanks for the video.

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      @caddygiveaway Před rokem

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  • @HoH
    @HoH Před rokem +1

    3:12 Is that... the RuneScape strength skillcape icon? 👀

  • @scotty7591
    @scotty7591 Před rokem +4

    Nothing says “I’m innocent” more than defecting to the literal enemy 😂.

  • @Harib_Al-Saq
    @Harib_Al-Saq Před rokem +16

    Take a shot everytime he says corINTH.

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    • @AethelwulfBretwalda
      @AethelwulfBretwalda Před rokem

      This narrator has always been garbage. Mispronounces multiple things every video.

  • @georgebethanis3188
    @georgebethanis3188 Před rokem +4

    It depends what you mean by Greek Golden Age. If you are refering to the Classical City States in Southern Greece, then I guess their Golden Age ended when Macedon dominated them. But if you're refering to Greece as a whole, its Golden Age probably ended when Rome started conquering the Hellenic Successor Empires one by one.

  • @thecrazyyoutuber2017
    @thecrazyyoutuber2017 Před rokem +1

    Interesting

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  • @WelcomeToDERPLAND
    @WelcomeToDERPLAND Před rokem +30

    Its a shame the ancient Greeks always ripped themselves apart fighting each other instead of uniting and conquering the world, like Alexander and then the Romans would after him.
    I imagine if ancient Greeks managed their own long lasted empire (like the romans) they could have brought civilization and philosophy centuries earlier than in our timeline.

    • @gnas1897
      @gnas1897 Před rokem +16

      Unfortunately we haven't changed much

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      @cristaronaldosuwy6059 Před rokem

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    • @perlarosa886
      @perlarosa886 Před rokem +14

      Philosophy and civilization existed before the Greeks. India, China, Korea, Sri Lanka, Egypt and persia

    • @zestybot2133
      @zestybot2133 Před rokem

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    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 Před rokem +2

      Well macedonia did unite greece under force of course but still

  • @paradox7358
    @paradox7358 Před rokem +4

    How different history could have played out if Athens, who championed ideas of democracy had won, instead of the warrior culture of Sparta?

    • @hell_yeah0173
      @hell_yeah0173 Před rokem +1

      Well there are two Peloponnesian wars and athens came out on top 2nd/final war, thats why until today athens is the capital of greece and not sparta. Sparta was a mere zoo when the romans came and athenians became dignitaries and court members of the romans until the romans became greek themselves when the empire divided into two.

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  • @brokenbridge6316
    @brokenbridge6316 Před rokem +4

    I'm sure a lesson could be taken from what happened to ancient Greece

    • @ExcessCongruence
      @ExcessCongruence Před rokem

      that's the most bland, obviously idiotic take I have yet to see on here..gz!

    • @brokenbridge6316
      @brokenbridge6316 Před rokem +1

      @@ExcessCongruence---I don't care in the slightest.

  • @user-jm3sk8gy4s
    @user-jm3sk8gy4s Před rokem +4

    شكرا بإضافة العربية 🫡🔥

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      @cristaronaldosuwy6059 Před rokem

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  • @wankawanka3053
    @wankawanka3053 Před rokem +7

    Wow the ending was so wrong in so many levels😅 completely skipped a bunch of conflicts and no phillip didn't end sparta's ambitions that was thebes

  • @maddogbasil
    @maddogbasil Před rokem +9

    Can we get some more content on the Horn of Africa
    Maybe the Adal Ethiopian war
    Or maybe the portugese Ajuraan war
    Somali traders have been around since before the Romans and greeks

    • @overofthetop6071
      @overofthetop6071 Před rokem

      Nah too boring, who cares about poor somali pirates 🤣

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem +2

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    • @chideraalexanderdex547
      @chideraalexanderdex547 Před rokem

      @@scintillam_dei what are you talking about

  • @TheColombiano89
    @TheColombiano89 Před rokem +3

    The Persians would play each city state off of each other.

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  • @PrimeroVorian1
    @PrimeroVorian1 Před rokem +1

    Thessaly was not part of the Delian League. Check your sources @Knowledgia .

  • @karolissevelis4972
    @karolissevelis4972 Před rokem +2

    Is there a way to contact you in private?

  • @Limited_Artists
    @Limited_Artists Před 10 měsíci

    Dunno if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure that there were warriors that did not fight under any of the two banners of Greece and that provided a threat for both of the nations.

  • @adrianarreguin1739
    @adrianarreguin1739 Před rokem

    Legendary

  • @kashifmangera
    @kashifmangera Před rokem +1

    Wao

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      @cristaronaldosuwy6059 Před rokem +1

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  • @michaellou7101
    @michaellou7101 Před rokem

    This is why unification for the sake of regional and cultural survival as the Chinese demonstrated in 221 BCE was a wise choice

  • @thanasisrks4944
    @thanasisrks4944 Před 11 měsíci +1

    An ancient cold war it appears (sort of).

  • @julianmarsh8384
    @julianmarsh8384 Před 8 měsíci

    You started off with a decent generalized accounting of the struggle but screwed up in the last part. But it just wasn't Athenian expansion that led to Sparta feeling the need to go to war; it was the manner in which Athens expanded, at the expense of Megara and Aegina, both Spartan allies. Too, the Athenian leader, Pericles, insisted to the Athenians that war was inevitable, and this is what we call a self-fulfilling prophecy.

  • @craigjovanovich6450
    @craigjovanovich6450 Před rokem

    The sad part is hearing elements of these events again in the current age.

  • @bcn1gh7h4wk
    @bcn1gh7h4wk Před rokem +3

    can we have a chronicle of the independence of Argentina, Chile and Peru? the Andes campaign was a massive effort for the time.

  • @sebastienlesage5660
    @sebastienlesage5660 Před 11 měsíci

    After playing Assassin's creed Odyssey
    I finally know why there was 2 branches of the cult named Peloponnesian league and Delian league

  • @constantinoskyriacou3630
    @constantinoskyriacou3630 Před rokem +31

    How was ancient Greece the loser? Philip's conquest resulted in Alexander taking Asia and the Greeks colonizing all of the near East, while Greek kingdoms emerged as far as Bactria and India. The fact that Macedon conquered the other Greek states is the primary reason the Roman empire turned Greek in the medieval age, and Greece still existing today

    • @eridjonavdulaj2386
      @eridjonavdulaj2386 Před rokem +4

      Alexander was Not a greek but a Macedonian

    • @chideraalexanderdex547
      @chideraalexanderdex547 Před rokem

      It didn't turn Greek but I get your point
      Also they lost because the golden age of the Greek city states came to an end and the Hellenistic age began

    • @constantinoskyriacou3630
      @constantinoskyriacou3630 Před rokem +13

      @@chideraalexanderdex547 Hellenistic age literally means the Greek age. How can Greece lose when their age begins

    • @constantinoskyriacou3630
      @constantinoskyriacou3630 Před rokem +2

      @@eridjonavdulaj2386 average south slav with no identity

    • @eridjonavdulaj2386
      @eridjonavdulaj2386 Před rokem +1

      @@constantinoskyriacou3630 i am from Italy lol 😂. And i just Said the truth

  • @markusskram4181
    @markusskram4181 Před rokem +6

    Sparta was cool ❤️

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    • @user-cg2tw8pw7j
      @user-cg2tw8pw7j Před rokem

      Do you love Persians because they helped this city?

  • @brandondean2933
    @brandondean2933 Před rokem +1

    Assasins creed odyssey brought me here

    • @basidan4488
      @basidan4488 Před 25 dny

      assassins creed turned me to a history freak

  • @mbmb4284
    @mbmb4284 Před rokem

    Although the presenation of the evemts of the Peloponnessian War was excellent the conclusive statement was poorly worded. The conquest of the other Greek states by Phillip and Alexander brought about the Hellenistic age in which the Hellenic culture was spread around the world. Due to the conquests of Alexander, Hellenism had a global cultural hegemony during the times of the dominance of Rome and even during a great portion of the medieval age due to the Greek speaking and heavily Hellenized eastern Roman empire. As such ancient Greece, as a culture but also as a state, certainly did not die at the end of the Pelloponisian war. Unless if one defines "ancient Greece" as the the epoch of the "Greek city states".

  • @kostassenpai6853
    @kostassenpai6853 Před rokem +1

    Every time that greece was prospering ended from our own infighting

  • @Fantasygod930
    @Fantasygod930 Před rokem +5

    I guess you could say the Peloponnesian War was kinda like the cold war but instead two powerful countries influencing a countries and sometimes battling those countries on two sides (usually North communist South democracy sort of) it's just two cities battling to control the surrounding cities but not directly just influenced oh and less nukes but there was one philosopher at the time that had a theory that everything was made of atoms and he was mostly correct future scientist later debunked some of the stuff he thoughts but whatever

    • @oriffel
      @oriffel Před rokem +1

      so...not a cold war at all

    • @Fantasygod930
      @Fantasygod930 Před rokem +1

      @@oriffel it was kind of pretty much it was a long stalemate I like to see as the ancient Cold War

    • @oriffel
      @oriffel Před rokem +2

      @@Fantasygod930 .....But they were actively fighting. In open conflict. Do you know what a cold war is? It does not mean a stalemate.

    • @Fantasygod930
      @Fantasygod930 Před rokem +1

      @@oriffel yes there was some fighting but Sparta wanted to fight Athens on an open field and Athens wanted to Spartans to waste their resources and Sparta was going on fighting on land and Athens was good fighting in the sea the only reason why war ended was because of Persia that probably would have been a great opportunity to conquer them since they were too busy fighting each other but nope they got reverse card sort of Alexander's complicated damn you Macedonian and Greek massive historical debative is Alexander Greek or Macedonian

  • @angrygamercheifangrygamerc6692

    Why is there no sound

  • @juansanchez5001
    @juansanchez5001 Před rokem +1

    Tys for ur video's

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  • @alex4863
    @alex4863 Před rokem +1

    *Watches this as I play AC Odyssey*

  • @svihl666
    @svihl666 Před rokem +1

    11:56 / 12:08

  • @nezperce2767
    @nezperce2767 Před rokem

    Peloponitian war started in nowadays south Albania - norghern Hepirus most probably in a greek theatre

  • @Mega417
    @Mega417 Před rokem

    I want to inform you that a channel called
    Theromaniancountryball has been stealing your content for weeks. Please give him a copyright takedown.

  • @DesertAres
    @DesertAres Před rokem +1

    Also it should be noted that a crippling of Spartan resoures took place when Thebes freed Messenia.

  • @WelcomeToDERPLAND
    @WelcomeToDERPLAND Před rokem +2

    Why does half of crete look like a jpeg from 405 BC?

  • @nomooon
    @nomooon Před rokem +1

    How come the plague was so well contained to the Athens' side....

    • @paradox7358
      @paradox7358 Před rokem +6

      The plague arrived in Athens on grain shipments. Sparta and the other Greek city states were ironically spared this because the Athenian navy had formed a blockade preventing trade via sea.

    • @nomooon
      @nomooon Před rokem +3

      @@paradox7358 then the blockade is "too" effective...

    • @charlesfenwick6554
      @charlesfenwick6554 Před rokem +2

      The invasion of Sparta forced the Athenians . to stay inside their walls thus forced contact with each other.

    • @ariftarqunia
      @ariftarqunia Před rokem

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  • @rubi8104
    @rubi8104 Před rokem +2

    Prussia campaign please

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    @sugargay7168 Před rokem

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  • @jackbloomer1334
    @jackbloomer1334 Před 11 měsíci

    Another contributing factor is the Athenian fleet was destroyed by a storm

  • @chancedelgado6520
    @chancedelgado6520 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Was it after the battle of thermopylae

  • @Durzo1259
    @Durzo1259 Před rokem +2

    The ending doesn't seem explained very well. In the end, Macedon conquered all of Greece and "the real loser in it all was ancient Greece."
    Why? Macedon was just another Greek state. How did that spell the end of Greece?

    • @AethelwulfBretwalda
      @AethelwulfBretwalda Před rokem

      Macedon was not "just another Greek state" though. They were hellenistic but not true Hellenes. The culture of Macedon was heavily influenced by Greece but it was a culture separate and distinct from the Greeks to the south, besides the languages being non-intelligible.

    • @comingafteryou5352
      @comingafteryou5352 Před rokem +3

      @@AethelwulfBretwalda Nothing showcases that the Macedonians weren't true hellenes since both their language and culture were hellenic not hellenistic. It was the end of Greece as we know it because a kingdom took charge of Greece.

    • @racine09
      @racine09 Před rokem +1

      Were ancient Macedonians considered Greek?
      The ancient Macedonians were a distinct nation, separate from their neighbors, the ancient Greeks, Illyrians, and Thracians. The ancient Greek and Roman historians tell us that the Macedonians spoke a separate Macedonian language and had their own customs, culture, and traditions.

    • @Durzo1259
      @Durzo1259 Před rokem

      @@racine09 So if I understand, Athens and Sparta were different like Canada and America were different (not very), whereas Macedon was more like Mexico?

    • @racine09
      @racine09 Před rokem

      Were ancient Macedonians considered Greek?
      The ancient Macedonians were a distinct nation, separate from their neighbors, the ancient Greeks, Illyrians, and Thracians. The ancient Greek and Roman historians tell us that the Macedonians spoke a separate Macedonian language and had their own customs, culture, and traditions.are to most Americans . But it would seem so as a rough analogue .Phillip and Alexander are pretty much Greek names .
      I am trying to understand this myself . There are a few theories .

  • @AzZulski
    @AzZulski Před rokem

    I am here because of assassin creed odyssey

  • @sameerthakur720
    @sameerthakur720 Před rokem

    Peloponnesia????
    When you give a place a name that's so damn difficult to spell and pronounce...that's reason enough for a dozen wars.

  • @nicholas8881
    @nicholas8881 Před rokem +5

    The Thucydides Trap in a nutshell. Hey US! China! You watching this?

  • @dannygo500
    @dannygo500 Před 11 měsíci

    After watching this video I realized how big of a shitshow the peloponnesian war was.

  • @nicolaenicolae3289
    @nicolaenicolae3289 Před rokem +1

    👍

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  • @themisverg
    @themisverg Před rokem +1

    the last king of Greece is Alexander the Great

  • @georgesterg7340
    @georgesterg7340 Před rokem

    THIS Is SPARTAAAAA

  • @coreysmithson4002
    @coreysmithson4002 Před rokem

    My favorite period of Greek history was when they became another province for some Republican Era boys from the west

    • @most_wanted_gsxr4221
      @most_wanted_gsxr4221 Před rokem +1

      Although did Rome conquer Greece or Greece eventually conquer Rome 🤔

  • @johnfitzaffee5605
    @johnfitzaffee5605 Před rokem +1

    THIS

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    @ragecallofduty7694 Před rokem +1

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  • @cristobalsapiain2709
    @cristobalsapiain2709 Před rokem

    After all, I still prefer that Athens should won this war

  • @saumensingh9482
    @saumensingh9482 Před rokem

    Mycenean & later rulers of Greece Italy descended from Vedic/Arya Mittani-Hatti-Hari of 2k BCs, there's no possibility they can descend from whites whom they labelled subhum@n. There was no IE civiliation in that part of the world other than M-H-H. It's impossible Charioteer GR can come from any land of subhum@ns.
    All European, Mediterranean, central Asian, steppe nations are founded by race of Bharath (Vedic/Arya). Kings, warriors of Europe are definitely R1a1aY/R1a1Y {Vedic warrior caste (Shatriyas)}, this marker didn't exist in steppe to Europe before 1k BCs. They've descended from CimmeArya, Saka, Sauromata, Alani, Roxolani, TochaArya, Kushan, Wushun, Xiangno, Khotan Aryas who conquered great steppe then Europe, China in the 1k BCs from India-Iran region when Vedics from India already conquered upto Anatolia (Mittani-Hatti-Hari) in 2k BCs. Greco-Roman descended from M-H-H Aryas, only Aryas can bring IE language, chariot, Mitra, the thunder/sky God, astronomy, astrology, funerary cremation in Greece & Italy. Aryas in west have turned blonde/white breeding with white women (Celts R1bY, Veneds R1aY) like brown Jews turned blonde. Imagine Europe's Monarchies started coming 1300 years later than the Saka monarchy of 700 BC., literature after 7th c CE. Greece Italy Monarchies started 1000 years later than M-H-H.
    Proven conquest of west by Aryas.👇
    "👉In 2k BCs Mittani-Hatti-Hari conquered upto Anatolia.
    👉In 800 BCs CimmeArya, Saka conquered Balkan, Ukraine, Russia.
    👉In 500 BCs Parsha conquered Greece, Balkan.
    👉In 400 BCs Sauromata, Alani conquered beyond Ukraine all the way to British Irish Isles, remember RgVedic Goddess Danu.
    👉 In 400 CEs one Alani branch conquered Spain raiding Greece, Italy.
    👉In 400 CEs Hun conquered half of Europe descending from Tocha-Arya, Kushan."
    Lords of Turk, Mongol trb@ls descended from Tocha-Arya, Kushan, Wushun Aryas. R1a1aY/R1a1Y can easily be found among Turk, Mongol, Chinese, Tibetan, SE Asian, Jews. Literally all later conquerors of central Asia, steppe descended from Aryas. Nation's kings don't share common race with commoners. Arya, Ezyptian, Mesopotamian are only martial races.
    ++++++
    Whites (CeltR1bY, Vened or old SlavicR1aY) are neither IE/Aryas nor warrior race, no evidence of their native language, their home is Yamnaya & Sintashta. Let alone riding chariot they didnt even ride horse. Roman labelled them subhum@n. IBN Fadlan described yellow haired are f!lthiest of God's creation. Till 10th c CE r@ping, hum@n s@crifice used to be their custom. Stark contrast in civilization of people in a continent confirms different origin. Whites aren't martial race but they @nnihilate anyone weaker than them, they've @nnihilated native Europeans. Roman, Saka, Sauromata, Alani, Hun Aryas could do the same with whites but didn't. In last 1k years Aryas of west assimilating with whites commited gen0cides of American, African, Asian, Australian. Hiroshima nuking, WW1/2. British rulers who are Vedic R1a1aY/R1a1Y l00ted $45 trillion alone from India & feeding whites leaving 10 mill. Indians starved to death. Vedic civilization is destroyed by her own long lost children.
    ++++++
    Since 800 BCs Whites (Celts, Veneds) are subjects of Aryas (CimmeArya, Saka, Sauromata, Alani, Roxolani). Next conquered by Roman descending from Mittani-Hatti-Hari Aryas. Next conquered by Hun descending from Tocha-Arya, Kushan Aryas of Tarim basin. Next conquered by moors of north Africa for 700 years, moor leaders are Iranian Aryas. Next conquered by Turk, Mongol, l0rds of Turk, Mongol tribals are Tocha-Arya, Kushan, Wushun.

  • @magmiksch987
    @magmiksch987 Před rokem +1

    what a nonsense, Gylippos came as general without army from Sparta

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      @cristaronaldosuwy6059 Před rokem

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  • @big1boston
    @big1boston Před rokem +2

    You speak about my ancestors.

    • @cristaronaldosuwy6059
      @cristaronaldosuwy6059 Před rokem

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    • @overofthetop6071
      @overofthetop6071 Před rokem

      Your turk

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem

      @@cristaronaldosuwy6059 Rap is crap.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei Před rokem

      @@overofthetop6071 Many Slavs in Greece wish they were Greek, and are deluded.

    • @wankawanka3053
      @wankawanka3053 Před rokem

      @@scintillam_dei blond back then didn't mean blond like it does today 🤡

  • @all.updeate.bour-kw5kf
    @all.updeate.bour-kw5kf Před 9 měsíci

    BALOCH❤ king 👑 one video call with my ❤

  • @Orion-Nebula
    @Orion-Nebula Před rokem +1

    Please,Turkish language.

  • @tasosGRvocals
    @tasosGRvocals Před rokem +14

    Again, the Kingdom of Macedon was Greek. So Greece wasn't the loser as a whole as you claim, but the winner, cause the Macedonian empire went on to get enormous.

    • @cristaronaldosuwy6059
      @cristaronaldosuwy6059 Před rokem

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    • @tasosGRvocals
      @tasosGRvocals Před rokem +2

      @@cristaronaldosuwy6059 😂😂😂

    • @TheColombiano89
      @TheColombiano89 Před rokem

      False. The Greeks would be butchered and conquered by the Macedonians. No less than 7 Greek uprisings against the Macedonians would take place. The mighty Spartan army would make a last stand along at the Battle of Megolopolis.

    • @nikostombris5505
      @nikostombris5505 Před rokem +6

      @@TheColombiano89
      There were civil wars not rebellions
      Macedonians took part in the Olympic Games so they were recognized as Greeks

    • @DrDoomsd
      @DrDoomsd Před rokem +1

      @@TheColombiano89 Go grow some weed, stop commenting bullcrap pls

  • @JackBlack-py4en
    @JackBlack-py4en Před rokem

    Pronounced "versus."

  • @johnn251
    @johnn251 Před rokem

    Very good last line... it was God's will

  • @reliabgfreoigtb3o4quihwoeihf

    And then the Macedons came and they get crushed.

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 Před rokem +5

    Athens was like the US, a democracy that had to fight off a an oppressive militaristic Sparta which was like the USSR of the time.

    • @dinospapa7413
      @dinospapa7413 Před rokem +6

      Athens at its peak was oppressive and militaristic as well. They genocided the entire population of melos island, essentially saying "we do it because we can, and there is nothing you can do to stop us".

    • @simoncolin5939
      @simoncolin5939 Před rokem

      Dive deeper into history and you will learn this statement is really really wrong.

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      @caddygiveaway Před rokem

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    • @cristobalsapiain2709
      @cristobalsapiain2709 Před rokem

      @@dinospapa7413 so they were exactly like the US 😂

    • @dinospapa7413
      @dinospapa7413 Před rokem

      @@cristobalsapiain2709 Yeah, during the peloponesian war they went all like "we gonna give you democracy so hard", but in this particular instance they were openly more cruel and imperialistic even compared to the US.

  • @faenethlorhalien
    @faenethlorhalien Před rokem +2

    People in ancient Greece fighting their neighboring towns feels like the epitome of pettiness. You're fighting your own people, ffs.

    • @mariosathens1
      @mariosathens1 Před rokem +1

      Not so simple, there were some major Greek tribes (Dorians, Ionians etc) and the tribalism was very strong.

    • @thibaultsardet7399
      @thibaultsardet7399 Před rokem

      At the time, it was the system of City-States, and not of Nation-States as in our time. I think your contemporary vision is partly influenced by the latter.

  • @artics1031
    @artics1031 Před 5 měsíci

    This is same history as USA VS RUSSIA 😊

  • @AethelwulfBretwalda
    @AethelwulfBretwalda Před rokem

    What a terrible narrator. He speaks too slowly, over-enunciates to a ridiculous point, and ALWAYS mispronounces everything! How can you not even say "Corinth" right!?

  • @notsharingwithyoutube

    Don't use BCE or CE. It is offensive and insulting.

  • @cristaronaldosuwy6059
    @cristaronaldosuwy6059 Před rokem +4

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  • @rezchili6240
    @rezchili6240 Před rokem

    Dorians were pelazgian and doric language was not greek. The only question is: did Greece occupied and annexed Southern Albania and slavic Macedonians in 1913??? Another question is have you ever read the original Iliad of Homer? In what language is written?? Have you ever seen the difference of : old greek and new greek languages????

  • @rezchili6240
    @rezchili6240 Před rokem

    These colored territories in this map were the real Greece

  • @nertilmalellari2070
    @nertilmalellari2070 Před rokem

    Another Illyrian war
    Greece doesn’t exist then
    Greece made by German Otto in 1823 after Kapodistrian death
    So let the bullisht ok and tell the truth